Why you still have to go back to classics

They may be outdated, they may lack the cool factor, they may be too lengthy for your liking. But after lots of chic-lits and fanfics, you just gotta go back to geniuses like Dahl, Poe and Wilde.

Simply because there is a level of standard, in terms of language command and grasp, that you need to maintain. Especially in my line of work, where one day is about goofing around with young animators and the next day you're interviewing a guy who will shape the national space industry.

Thus now that I've just read like 100-odd titles of Smallville, Harry Potter, Supernatural and what not... I'm gonna go back toooooooooooooooooo................

ENID BLYTON!

Why I don't dig .PDF, but...

There's a few things keeping me away from downloading too many e-books in PDF version. Yes, as you may have guessed, I'm a sucker for .TXT.

Why? Cause they're simple, lightweight, takes only seconds to download and I can read my books virtually anywhere I like.

Then again, .TXT has its limitations. For example font styles, font effects and simple stuff like italics and bold do not translate well on some e-readers. You can't tell if the paragraph is a flashback, an e-conversation or an internal thought as the whole text body will have the same look.

So even if I don't really dig .PDF, I get a sense that sooner or later, or maybe when I migrate to a new e-reader, I'll have to spend a bit of time to download them books...

And in case you can't guess, my almost two year old son is getting into this I-like-to-throw-phones-coz-I-like-to-see-the-inside habit...